Laird Super Solution by Allen Brickhaus

[Brad Smith]

Laird Super Solution by Allen Brickhaus im looking for the atricle for his build it was in flying models July 2004 i cant find mine if some has it maybe  they could scan it and send send it to me thanks.

[Brad Smith]

Any help?

[Dan McEntee]

     Hi Brad. Been meaning to answer this but short on time. I have the prototype airplane at my house, and have the mag. It may be the weekend before I cans sit down at the computer long enough to remember how to use my scanner and make a file. I have been having problems uploading stuff to emails, so maybe a hard copy mailed to you would be better. Stay tuned for further developments!
   Thanks a lot,
    Dan McEntee

[Brad Smith]

Thanks Dan have you flown the plane.

[Dan McEntee]

   Hi Brad;
     Yes, I think I am the only one who has ever flown it! The model for the article was built by an older gentleman in our club, Rich Raftery, who builds primarily profile sport scale models with no throttle. He had been talking with Allen Brickhaus about doing something with a throttle and Allen offered up the Laird.Rich tends to build heavy, and the prototype model is up there is weight. And with the throttled OS.FP.40 in the nose, is not really intended for stunt. I don't think Allen intended for it to be a competitive stunt model either. I'll hae to reread the article myself to be sure. It does fly pretty well on the throttle, though. Rich has problems understanding certain concepts when it comes to building and other small details that make a difference in how a model performs. On this particular airplane, he didn't bush the wheels, and they are really loose on the 1/8" music wire landing gear. The result is that the wheels roll too easy, and with a tail wheel that isn't exactly scale, the airplane won't stop when the throttle is reduced to idle speed. The last time we had it out, I pulled the tail wheel off to increase the drag so the model would stop. I need to redo the tail wheel into a tail skid that looks sorta correct. But in general, it does fly well as a scale model. I have plans for it and hope to do my own version some day. If weight is carefully monitored, it may be OK as a sport/stunt model, but given the size of the fuselage, that will be a difficult task. I'll get at your copy of the article this weekend.
   Thanks a lot,
   Dan McEntee

[Brad Smith]

Thanks for all the info Dan

[Jim Roselle]

Dan,

Did you get this build article scanned? I received a copy of this plan tonight and would love a copy of the article if at all possible.

Thank you,

Jim